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水大

see styles
shuǐ dà
    shui3 da4
shui ta
 suidai
The element water, one of the four elements 四大 q. v.

水烟

see styles
 mizukemuri
    みずけむり
    suien
    すいえん
mist over a body of water; spray; (1) mist over a body of water; spray; (2) suien (four decorative metal plates joined at right angles forming part of a pagoda finial)

水煙


水烟

see styles
shuǐ yān
    shui3 yan1
shui yen
 mizukemuri
    みずけむり
    suien
    すいえん
shredded tobacco for water pipes
mist over a body of water; spray; (1) mist over a body of water; spray; (2) suien (four decorative metal plates joined at right angles forming part of a pagoda finial)

水界

see styles
shuǐ jiè
    shui3 jie4
shui chieh
 mizusakai
    みずさかい
(1) (See 水圏) hydrosphere; (2) boundary of water and land; (place-name) Mizusakai
The realm of water, one of the 四大 four elements.

水葬

see styles
shuǐ zàng
    shui3 zang4
shui tsang
 suisou / suiso
    すいそう
(noun, transitive verb) burial at sea
Water-burial, casting a corpse into the water, one of the four forms of burial.

水輪


水轮

see styles
shuǐ lún
    shui3 lun2
shui lun
 miwa
    みわ
waterwheel; millwheel
(female given name) Miwa
The third of the four 'wheel' on which the earth rests— space, wind (or air), water, and metal.

江青

see styles
jiāng qīng
    jiang1 qing1
chiang ch`ing
    chiang ching
 kousei / kose
    こうせい
Jiang Qing (1914-1991), Mao Zedong's fourth wife and leader of the Gang of Four
(person) Jiang Qing (1915-1991)

沙門


沙门

see styles
shā mén
    sha1 men2
sha men
 shamon
    しゃもん
monk (Sanskrit: Sramana, originally refers to north India); Buddhist monk
{Buddh} shramana (wandering monk); (surname) Shamon
śramaṇa. 桑門; 娑門; 喪門; 沙門那; 舍羅磨拏; 沙迦懣曩; 室摩那拏 (1) Ascetics of all kinds; 'the Sarmanai, or Samanaioi, or Germanai of the Greeks, perhaps identical also with the Tungusian Saman or Shaman.' Eitel. (2) Buddhist monks 'who 'have left their families and quitted the passions', the Semnoi of the Greeks'. Eitel. Explained by 功勞 toilful achievement, 勤息 diligent quieting (of the mind and the passions), 淨志 purity of mind, 貧道 poverty. 'He must keep well the Truth, guard well every uprising (of desire), be uncontaminated by outward attractions, be merciful to all and impure to none, be not elated to joy nor harrowed by distress, and able to bear whatever may come.' The Sanskrit root is śram, to make effort; exert oneself, do austerities.

法執


法执

see styles
fǎ zhí
    fa3 zhi2
fa chih
 hōshū
Holding to things as realities, i. e the false tenet that things are real.

法愛


法爱

see styles
fǎ ài
    fa3 ai4
fa ai
 noa
    のあ
(female given name) Noa
Religious love in contrast with 欲愛 ordinary love; Dharma-love may be Hīnayāna desire for nirvāṇa; or bodhisattva attachment to illusory things, both of which are to be eradicated; or Tathāgata-love, which goes out to all beings for salvation.

法數


法数

see styles
fǎ shù
    fa3 shu4
fa shu
 hōshu
The categories of Buddhism such as the three realms, five skandhas, five regions, four dogmas, six paths, twelve nidānas, etc.

法智

see styles
fǎ zhì
    fa3 zhi4
fa chih
 hōchi
Dharma-wisdom, which enables one to understand the four dogmas 四諦; also, the understanding of the law, or of things.

法樂


法乐

see styles
fǎ lè
    fa3 le4
fa le
 hōraku
Religious joy, in contrast with the joy of common desire; that of hearing the dharma, worshipping Buddha, laying up merit, making offerings, repeating sūtras, etc.

法界

see styles
fǎ jiè
    fa3 jie4
fa chieh
 hokkai; houkai / hokkai; hokai
    ほっかい; ほうかい
(1) {Buddh} universe; (2) {Buddh} realm of thought; (3) {Buddh} underlying principle of reality; manifestation of true thusness; (4) (ほうかい only) (abbreviation) (See 法界悋気) being jealous of things that have nothing to do with one; being jealous of others who are in love with each other
dharmadhātu, 法性; 實相; 達磨馱都 Dharma-element, -factor, or-realm. (1) A name for "things" in general, noumenal or phenomenal; for the physical universe, or any portion or phase of it. (2) The unifying underlying spiritual reality regarded as the ground or cause of all things, the absolute from which all proceeds. It is one of the eighteen dhātus. These are categories of three, four, five, and ten dharmadhātus; the first three are combinations of 事 and 理 or active and passive, dynamic and static; the ten are: Buddha-realm, Bodhisattva-realm, pratyekabuddha-realm, śrāvaka, deva, Human, asura, Demon, Animal, and Hades realms-a Huayan category. Tiantai has ten for meditaton, i.e. the realms of the eighteen media of perception (the six organs, six objects, and six sense-data or sensations), of illusion, sickness, karma, māra, samādhi, (false) views, pride, the two lower Vehicles, and the Bodhisattva Vehicle.

法縛


法缚

see styles
fǎ fú
    fa3 fu2
fa fu
 hōbaku
idem 法執.

浄い

see styles
 kiyoi
    きよい
(adjective) clear; pure; noble

涅槃

see styles
niè pán
    nie4 pan2
nieh p`an
    nieh pan
 nehan
    ねはん
(Buddhism) (loanword from Sanskrit) to achieve nirvana (extinction of desire and pain); to die (abbr. for 涅槃那[nie4 pan2 na4])
(1) {Buddh} nirvana; supreme enlightenment; (2) {Buddh} death; death of Buddha
nirvāṇa, 'blown out, gone out, put out, extinguished'; 'liberated-from existence'; 'dead, deceased, defunct.' 'Liberation, eternal bliss'; '(with Buddhists and Jainas) absolute extinction or annihilation, complete extinction of individual existence.' M.W. Other forms are 涅槃那; 泥日; 泥洹; 泥畔 Originally translated 滅 to extinguish, extinction, put out (as a lamp or fire), it was also described as 解脫 release, 寂滅 tranquil extinction; 無爲 inaction, without effort, passiveness; 不生 no (re)birth; 安樂 calm joy; 滅度transmigration to 'extinction'. The meaning given to 'extinction' varies, e.g. individual extinction; cessation of rebirth; annihilation of passion; extinction of all misery and entry into bliss. While the meaning of individual extinction is not without advocates, the general acceptation is the extinction or end of all return to reincarnation with its concomitant suffering, and the entry into bliss. Nirvāṇa may be enjoyed in the present life as an attainable state, with entry into parinirvāṇa, or perfect bliss to follow. It may be (a) with a 'remainder', i.e. the cause but not all the effect (karma), of reincarnation having been destroyed; (b) without 'remainder', both cause and effect having been extinguished. The answer of the Buddha as to the continued personal existence of the Tathāgata in nirvāṇa is, in the Hīnayāna canon, relegated 'to the sphere of the indeterminates' (Keith), as one of the questions which are not essential to salvation. One argument is that flame when blown out does not perish but returns to the totality of Fire. The Nirvāṇa Sutra claims for nirvāṇa the ancient ideas of 常樂我淨 permanence, bliss, personality purity in the transcendental realm. Mahāyāna declares that Hīnayāna by denying personality in the transcendental realm denies the existence of the Buddha. In Mahāyāna final nirvāṇa is transcendental, and is also used as a term for the absolute. The place where the Buddha entered his earthly nirvāṇa is given as Kuśinagara, cf. 拘.

淫欲

see styles
yín yù
    yin2 yu4
yin yü
 inyoku
    いんよく
lust
Sexual passion.

添付

see styles
 tenpu
    てんぷ
(n,vs,adj-no) attachment (e.g. email); appendix (e.g. of a report, document, etc); annex; appendage; annexure

添附

see styles
 tenpu
    てんぷ
(n,vs,adj-no) attachment (e.g. email); appendix (e.g. of a report, document, etc); annex; appendage; annexure

清い

see styles
 kiyoi
    きよい
(adjective) clear; pure; noble

清談


清谈

see styles
qīng tán
    qing1 tan2
ch`ing t`an
    ching tan
 seidan / sedan
    せいだん
light intellectual conversation
(1) (hist) Qingtan (Taoist-related movement in ancient China); (noun/participle) (2) noble, refined, eloquent speech

清貧


清贫

see styles
qīng pín
    qing1 pin2
ch`ing p`in
    ching pin
 seihin / sehin
    せいひん
poor but upright; destitute
poverty without selfish desire; honourable poverty (honorable); being poor yet honest

清高

see styles
qīng gāo
    qing1 gao1
ch`ing kao
    ching kao
 sumitaka
    すみたか
noble and virtuous; aloof from politics and material pursuits
(personal name) Sumitaka

渇愛


渇爱

see styles
kě ài
    ke3 ai4
k`o ai
    ko ai
 katsuai
    かつあい
thirst; craving; desire
thirst

渓壑

see styles
 keigaku / kegaku
    けいがく
(1) ravine; chasm; (2) ravenous desire; insatiable desire

減執


减执

see styles
jiǎn zhí
    jian3 zhi2
chien chih
 gen shū
attachment to negation

渴愛


渴爱

see styles
kě ài
    ke3 ai4
k`o ai
    ko ai
 katsuai
Thirsty desire or longing; the will to live.

渴求

see styles
kě qiú
    ke3 qiu2
k`o ch`iu
    ko chiu
to long for; to crave for; to greatly desire

湘繡


湘绣

see styles
xiāng xiù
    xiang1 xiu4
hsiang hsiu
Hunan embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 蘇繡|苏绣[Su1 xiu4], 粵繡|粤绣[Yue4 xiu4] and 蜀繡|蜀绣[Shu3 xiu4])

湯殿

see styles
 yudono
    ゆどの
(1) (dated) (See 風呂場) bathroom; (2) (archaism) bathing; (3) (archaism) bathing attendant (for a noble); (place-name, surname) Yudono

滅果


灭果

see styles
miè guǒ
    mie4 guo3
mieh kuo
 mekka
nirvāṇa as the fruit of extinction (of desire).

滅病


灭病

see styles
miè bìng
    mie4 bing4
mieh ping
 metsubyō
One of the 四病 four sick or faulty ways of seeking perfection, the Hīnayāna method of endeavouring to extinguish all perturbing passions so that nothing of them remains.

滅道


灭道

see styles
miè dào
    mie4 dao4
mieh tao
 metsudou / metsudo
    めつどう
{Buddh} (See 道諦,滅諦) truths of the cessation of suffering and of the way to the cessation of suffering
Extinction of suffering and the way of extinction, nirodha and mārga; v. supra.

潔操


洁操

see styles
jié cāo
    jie2 cao1
chieh ts`ao
    chieh tsao
unimpeachable conduct; noble behavior; spotless personal integrity

潤生


润生

see styles
rùn shēng
    run4 sheng1
jun sheng
 mitsuo
    みつお
(male given name) Mitsuo
The fertilization of the natural conditions which produce rebirth, especially those of the three kinds of attachment in the hour of death, love of body, of home, and of life.

濁業


浊业

see styles
zhuó yè
    zhuo2 ye4
cho yeh
 jokugō
Contaminated karma, that produced by 貪 desire.

濕生


湿生

see styles
shī shēng
    shi1 sheng1
shih sheng
 shitsushō
Moisture-born; born in damp or wet places spawn, etc., one of the four forms of birth, v. 四生.

灌頂


灌顶

see styles
guàn dǐng
    guan4 ding3
kuan ting
 kanjou; kanchou / kanjo; kancho
    かんじょう; かんちょう
(1) {Buddh} baptism-like ceremony performed by the buddhas on a bodhisattva who attains buddhahood; (2) {Buddh} baptism-like ceremony for conferring onto someone precepts, a mystic teaching, etc. (in esoteric Buddhism); (3) {Buddh} pouring water onto a gravestone; (4) teaching esoteric techniques, compositions, etc. (in Japanese poetry or music)
abhiṣecana; mūrdhābhiṣikta; inauguration or consecration by sprinkling, or pouring water on the head; an Indian custom on the investiture of a king, whose head was baptized with water from the four seas and from the rivers in his domain; in China it is administered as a Buddhist rite chiefly to high personages, and for ordination purposes. Amongst the esoterics it is a rite especially administered to their disciples; and they have several categories of baptism, e.g. that of ordinary disciples, of teacher, or preacher, of leader, of office-bearer; also for special causes such as relief from calamity, preparation for the next life, etc.

火大

see styles
huǒ dà
    huo3 da4
huo ta
 kadai
to get mad; to be very angry
The element fire, one of the 四大 four elements.

火界

see styles
huǒ jiè
    huo3 jie4
huo chieh
 kakai
The realm of fire, one of the realms of the four elements 四大, i. e. earth, water, fire, and wind. Cf. 火院.

火神

see styles
huǒ shén
    huo3 shen2
huo shen
 honoka
    ほのか
god of fire
(female given name) Honoka
The gods of fire, stated as numbering forty-four in the Vedic pantheon, with Mahābrahmā as the first; of these the Vairocana sutra takes twelve, i. e. 大因陀羅; 行滿; 摩嚕多; 盧醯多; 沒口栗拏; 忿怒; 闍吒羅; 吃灑耶; 意生; 羯攞微; (11th unknown); 謨賀那. Cf. 火尊; 火天.

無住


无住

see styles
wú zhù
    wu2 zhu4
wu chu
 mujuu / muju
    むじゅう
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) lacking a chief priest (of a temple); temple without a chief priest; (2) (form) being uninhabited; being vacant; (3) {Buddh} non-attachment; (personal name) Mujuu
Not abiding; impermanence; things having no independent nature of their own, they have no real existence as separate entities.

無愛


无爱

see styles
wú ài
    wu2 ai4
wu ai
 muai
Without love, or craving, or attachment.

無着


无着

see styles
wú zhāo
    wu2 zhao1
wu chao
 muchiyaku
    むちやく
(surname) Muchiyaku
without attachment

煗法

see styles
nuǎn fǎ
    nuan3 fa3
nuan fa
 nan hō
The first of the 四加行位; the stage in which dialectic processes are left behind and the mind dwells only on the four dogmas and the sixteen disciplines.

煩惱


烦恼

see styles
fán nǎo
    fan2 nao3
fan nao
 bonnō
    ぼんのう
to be worried; to be distressed; worries
(out-dated kanji) (1) worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; (2) (Buddhist term) klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
kleśa, 'pain, affliction, distress,' 'care, trouble' (M.W.). The Chinese tr. is similar, distress, worry, trouble, and whatever causes them. Keith interprets kleśa by 'infection', 'contamination', 'defilement'. The Chinese intp. is the delusions, trials, or temptations of the passions and of ignorance which disturb and distress the mind; also in brief as the three poisons 貪瞋痴 desire, detestation, and delusion. There is a division into the six fundamental 煩惱, or afflictions, v. below, and the twenty which result or follow them and there are other dual divisions. The six are: 貪瞋痴慢疑 and 惡見 desire, detestation, delusion, pride, doubt, and evil views, which last are the false views of a permanent ego, etc. The ten 煩惱 are the first five, and the sixth subdivided into five. 煩惱, like kleśa, implies moral affliction or distress, trial, temptation, tempting, sin. Cf. 使.

熱願

see styles
 netsugan
    ねつがん
(noun, transitive verb) ardent desire

熾盛


炽盛

see styles
chì shèng
    chi4 sheng4
ch`ih sheng
    chih sheng
 shijou; shisei / shijo; shise
    しじょう; しせい
ablaze (fire); intense (anger, desire etc); prosperous; booming
(n,adj-na,adj-no) vigor (like leaping flames); liveliness
to flourish

燕國


燕国

see styles
yān guó
    yan1 guo2
yen kuo
Yan, a vassal state of Zhou in modern Hebei and Liaoning; north Hebei; the four Yan kingdoms of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Yan 前燕[Qian2 Yan1] (337-370), Later Yan 後燕|后燕[Hou4 Yan1] (384-409), Southern Yan 南燕[Nan2 Yan1] (398-410), Northern Yan 北燕[Bei3 Yan1] (409-436)

父母

see styles
fù mǔ
    fu4 mu3
fu mu
 fubo
    ふぼ
father and mother; parents
father and mother; parents; (surname) Fubo
pitṛ-mātṛ, father and mother, parents; 無明 ignorance is referred to as father, and 貪愛 desire, or concupiscence, as mother, the two— ignorance and concupiscence— being the parents of all delusion and karma. Samādhi is also referred to as father, and praj na (wisdom) as mother, the parents of all knowledge and virtue. In the vast interchanges of rebirth all have been or are my parents, therefore all males are my father and all females my mother: 一切男女我父母 see 心地觀經 2.

物欲

see styles
wù yù
    wu4 yu4
wu yü
 butsuyoku
    ぶつよく
material desire; craving for material things
greed; worldly or materialistic desires

獸慾


兽欲

see styles
shòu yù
    shou4 yu4
shou yü
beastly desire

王公

see styles
wáng gōng
    wang2 gong1
wang kung
 oukou / oko
    おうこう
princes and dukes; aristocrat
(1) royalty and nobility; (2) noble; aristocrat

王勃

see styles
wáng bó
    wang2 bo2
wang po
Wang Bo (650-676), one of the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang 初唐四傑|初唐四杰[Chu1 Tang2 Si4 jie2]

王道

see styles
wáng dào
    wang2 dao4
wang tao
 takamichi
    たかみち
the Way of the King; statecraft; benevolent rule; virtuous as opposed to the Way of Hegemon 霸道
(1) righteous government; just rule; kingship; rule of right; noble path; (2) (See 学問に王道なし) easy method; simple approach; short-cut; royal road; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (3) orthodox way; proper way; traditional manner; classic approach; tried-and-true method; (personal name) Takamichi

現般


现般

see styles
xiàn pán
    xian4 pan2
hsien p`an
    hsien pan
 genhatsu
attainer of nirvāṇa directly within the desire realm

理惑

see styles
lǐ huò
    li3 huo4
li huo
 riwaku
Illusion in regard to fundamental truth, e.g. the reality of the ego and things; as 事惑 is illusion in regard to things themselves. Also, fundamental illusion; reality and illusion.

甘露

see styles
gān lòu
    gan1 lou4
kan lou
 kanro
    かんろ
(1) nectar; sweetness; (2) honeydew; (surname, female given name) Kanro
阿密哩多 (or 啞密哩多) (or 啞密哩達) amṛta, sweet dew, ambrosia, the nectar of immortality; tr. by 天酒 deva-wine, the nectar of the gods. Four kinds of ambrosia are mentioned— green, yellow, red, and white, all coming from 'edible trees' and known as 蘇陀 sudhā, or 蘇摩 soma.

生化

see styles
shēng huà
    sheng1 hua4
sheng hua
 shōke
biochemistry
化生 aupapāduka; one of the four forms of birth, i. e. by transformation, without parentage, and in full maturity; thus do bodhisattvas come from the Tuṣita heaven; the dhyāni-buddhas and bodhisattvas are also of such miraculous origin.

生執


生执

see styles
shēng zhí
    sheng1 zhi2
sheng chih
 shōshū
attachment to life

生愛


生爱

see styles
shēn gài
    shen1 gai4
shen kai
 ikue
    いくえ
(female given name) Ikue
arising of attachment

生有

see styles
shēng yǒu
    sheng1 you3
sheng yu
 shouu / shou
    しょうう
{Buddh} (See 四有) the instant of birth (rebirth)
One of the four forms of existence, cf. 有.

生死

see styles
shēng sǐ
    sheng1 si3
sheng ssu
 seishi(p); shouji; shoushi / seshi(p); shoji; shoshi
    せいし(P); しょうじ; しょうし
life or death
(1) life and death; life or death; (2) (しょうじ, しょうし only) {Buddh} samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); (3) (しょうじ, しょうし only) death
saṃsāra: birth and death: rebirth and redeath; life and death; 生死, 死生; 生生死死 ever-recurring saṃsāra or transmigrations; the round of mortality. There are two, three, four, seven, and twelve kinds of 生死; the two are 分斷生死 the various karmaic transmigrations, and 不思義變易生死 (or simply 變易生死) the inconceivable transformation life in the Pure Land. Among the twelve are final separation from mortality of the arhat, with 無餘 no remains of it causing return; one final death and no rebirth of the anāgāmin; the seven advancing rebirths of the srota-āpanna; down to the births-cum-deaths of hungry ghosts.

生趣

see styles
shēng qù
    sheng1 qu4
sheng ch`ü
    sheng chü
 shōshu
The 四生 four forms of birth and the 六趣 six forms of transmigration.

生願


生愿

see styles
shēng yuàn
    sheng1 yuan4
sheng yüan
desire to exist (in Buddhism, tanhā); craving for rebirth

甲第

see styles
jiǎ dì
    jia3 di4
chia ti
residence of a noble; top candidate in the imperial examinations

界內


界内

see styles
jien ei
    jien4 ei4
jien ei
 kainai
Within the region, limited, within the confines of the 三界, i. e. the three regions of desire, form, and formlessness, and not reaching out to the infinite.

界分

see styles
jiè fēn
    jie4 fen1
chieh fen
 kaibun
Any region or division, especially the regions of desire, form, and formlessness.

界外

see styles
jiè wài
    jie4 wai4
chieh wai
 kaige
    かいげ
(place-name, surname) Kaige
The pure realms, or illimitable 'spiritual' regions of the Buddhas outside the three limitations of desire, form, and formlessness.

界趣

see styles
jiè qù
    jie4 qu4
chieh ch`ü
    chieh chü
 kai shu
The three regions (desire, form, and formlessness) and the six paths (gati), i. e. the spheres of transmigration.

痴愛

see styles
chī ài
    chi1 ai4
ch`ih ai
    chih ai
Ignorance and desire, or unenlightened desire, ignorance being father, desire mother, which produce all affliction and evil karma.

癡取

see styles
chī qǔ
    chi1 qu3
ch`ih ch`ü
    chih chü
 chishu
nescient attachment

癡愛


癡爱

see styles
chī ài
    chi1 ai4
ch`ih ai
    chih ai
 chiai
folly and desire

発願

see styles
 hotsugan
    ほつがん
(n,vs,vi,vt) (1) {Buddh} giving rise to the desire to save all sentient beings; (n,vs,vi,vt) (2) praying; prayer

白樸


白朴

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bái pǔ
    bai2 pu3
pai p`u
    pai pu
Bai Pu (1226-1306), Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇|杂剧 tradition of musical comedy, one of the Four Great Yuan dramatists 元曲四大家

百法

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bǎi fǎ
    bai3 fa3
pai fa
 hyappō
The hundred divisions of all mental qualities and their agents, of the 唯識 School; also known as the 五位百法five groups of the 100 modes or 'things': (1) 心法 the eight 識 perceptions, or forms of consciousness; (2) 心所有法 the fifty-one mental ideas; (3) 色法 the five physical organs and their six modes of sense, e. g. ear and sound; (4) 不相應行 twenty-four indefinites, or unconditioned elements; (5) 無爲 six inactive or metaphysical concepts.

相縛


相缚

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xiāng fú
    xiang1 fu2
hsiang fu
 sōbaku
To be bound by externals, by the six guṇas, or objects of sensation. Cf. 相應縛.

眼鏡


眼镜

see styles
yǎn jìng
    yan3 jing4
yen ching
 megane
    めがね
spectacles; eyeglasses; CL:副[fu4]
(1) (kana only) glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; (2) (See 眼鏡にかなう) judgment; judgement; discrimination; discernment; insight; (3) (kana only) (derogatory term) four-eyes; (place-name) Megane

着陣

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 chakujin
    ちゃくじん
(noun/participle) (1) arriving at camp (military); (noun/participle) (2) (a court noble) attending a government office

矜貴


矜贵

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jīn guì
    jin1 gui4
chin kuei
high-born; noble; aristocratic; conceited

石斛

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shí hú
    shi2 hu2
shih hu
 sekkoku; sekkoku
    セッコク; せっこく
noble dendrobium (Dendrobium nobile)
(kana only) Japanese stone orchid (Dendrobium moniliforme); dendrobium

石鉢

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shí bō
    shi2 bo1
shih po
 ishibachi
    いしばち
(surname) Ishibachi
The four heavy stone begging bowls handed by the four devas to the Buddha on his enlightenment, which he miraculously received one piled on the other.

祕教


秘教

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mì jiào
    mi4 jiao4
mi chiao
 hikyō
(祕密教) Its teaching; the sect itself; one of the four modes of teaching defined by the Tiantai; a name for the 圓教.

禁慾


禁欲

see styles
jìn yù
    jin4 yu4
chin yü
 kinyoku
    きんよく
to suppress desire; self-restraint; asceticism
(n,vs,adj-no) abstinence; self-control; celibacy; abnegation

禪天


禅天

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chán tiān
    chan2 tian1
ch`an t`ien
    chan tien
 zenten
dhyāna heavens, four in number, where those who practise meditation may be reborn, v. 禪.

禪那


禅那

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chán nà
    chan2 na4
ch`an na
    chan na
 zenna
dhyāna, abstract contemplation. There are four degrees through which the mind frees itself from all subjective and objective hindrances and reaches a state of absolute indifference and annihilation of thought, perception, and will; v. 禪. The River Jumna.

禹歩

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 uho
    うほ
(1) ceremony performed by a sorcerer to protect a noble setting out on a trip; (2) walking in large steps; (3) walking with a disabled leg; someone with a disabled leg

私多

see styles
sī duō
    si1 duo1
ssu to
 shita
私陀; 悉陀; 徒多; 枲多 Sītā. Described as the 'cold' river; one of the four great rivers flowing from the Anavatpta or Anavadata Lake 阿耨達池 in Tibet. One account makes it 'an eastern outflux' which subsequently becomes the Yellow River. It is also said to issue from the west. Again, 'the Ganges flows eastward, the Indus south, Vatsch (Oxus) west, Sītā north.' Vatsch = Vākṣu. 'According to Xuanzang, however, it is the northern outflux of the Sirikol [Sarikkol] Lake (Lat. 38°20′N., Long. 74°E.) now called Yarkand daria, which flows into Lake Lop, thence underneath the desert of Gobi, and reappears as the source of the Huanghe.' Eitel. According to Richard, the Huanghe 'rises a little above two neighbouring lakes of Khchara (Charingnor) and Khnora (Oring-nor). Both are connected by a channel and are situated at an elevation of 14,000 feet. It may perhaps be at first confounded with Djaghing-gol, a river 110 miles long, which flows from the south and empties into the channel joining the two lakes'.

私慾

see styles
 shiyoku
    しよく
self-interest; selfish desire

私欲

see styles
sī yù
    si1 yu4
ssu yü
 shiyoku
    しよく
selfish desire
self-interest; selfish desire

穢欲


秽欲

see styles
huì yù
    hui4 yu4
hui yü
 eyoku
polluted desire

空執


空执

see styles
kōng zhí
    kong1 zhi2
k`ung chih
    kung chih
 kū shū
v. 空有二執.

空定

see styles
kōng dìng
    kong1 ding4
k`ung ting
    kung ting
 kūjō
The meditation which dwells on the Void or the Immaterial; it is divided into 内道, i.e. the 三三昧, and 外道, the latter limited to the four dhyānas 四空定 q.v., except the illusion that things have a reality in themselves, as individuals 法我 q.v.

空處


空处

see styles
kōng chù
    kong1 chu4
k`ung ch`u
    kung chu
 sorajo
    そらじょ
(surname) Sorajo
空無邊處 Ākāśānantyāyatana; the abode of infinite space, the formless, or immaterial world 無色界 the first of the arūpaloka heavens, one of the four brahmalokas.

空門


空门

see styles
kōng mén
    kong1 men2
k`ung men
    kung men
 sorakado
    そらかど
(surname) Sorakado
(1) The teaching which regards everything as unreal, or immaterial. (2) The school of unreality, one of the four divisions made by Tiantai (3) The teaching of immateriality, the door to nirvana, a general name for Buddhism; hence空門子 are Buddhist monks.

窮奇

see styles
 kyuuki / kyuki
    きゅうき
(myth) Qiongqi (beast in Chinese mythology; one of the Four Perils)

端正

see styles
duān zhèng
    duan1 zheng4
tuan cheng
 tanshō
    たんせい
upright; regular; proper; correct
(noun or adjectival noun) handsome; noble
Proper, properly ordered, rectitude, integrity.

米印

see styles
 komejirushi
    こめじるし
rice symbol; note (supplementary information) symbol; symbol with an "x" and four dots

粵繡


粤绣

see styles
yuè xiù
    yue4 xiu4
yüeh hsiu
Guangdong embroidery, one of the four major traditional styles of Chinese embroidery (the other three being 蘇繡|苏绣[Su1 xiu4], 湘繡|湘绣[Xiang1 xiu4] and 蜀繡|蜀绣[Shu3 xiu4])

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